This post may seem to you like a joke, but it is not, I promise. There are a great many things that puzzle me in life, being blonde and all, but there is one that puzzles me currently more than anything else – to the amusement of my boyfriend, of course – and that is: why is it so hard to buy a female aftershave?

It is happening, everyone! We are moving out of Oxford and out of the UK as well. I might have mentioned it once or twice as I am still insanely excited about all of it, sorry, but I just felt like a proper goodbye to Oxford is in order, as it has been such an important part of this blog for a while now.

And what better way to say goodbye than to look through some of my absolute favourite photos I have taken during my two years here? [Read more…]

There is no denying that I am a crazy animal lady. I have been one for most of my life and pretty much the only reason I never became a vet, as I had wanted since the age of 6, was due to my dad who, also around that time, informed me that animals do need to be put down sometimes. I do understand it now (not then), but I am still too much of a softie so… Anyway, there was one place I could not miss out on while still living in Oxford and that place was the one and only Oxfordshire Animal Sanctuary.

I have been to quite a few wonderful sanctuaries around the UK yet I had never made it to the one closest to me! Just the way things are, right? Until last Saturday, that is, armed with goodie bags full of toys and some bedding for the doggos plus the company of three men to carry them for me (I admit, this might have been a bit of an overkill) – I finally made it there.